History Characters / Invincible2021Superheroes

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: She utters a quiet little "Oh no" as she catches Darkwing's corpse and realizes that Omni-Man is about to kill her.

* PersonalityPowers: It really can't be a coincidence that Rex Splode has [[HavingABlast the power to make charge objects with explosive energy]] and seems to [[HairTriggerTemper have some serious anger issues]].

* CruelMercy: What Mark basically does to her. Rather than killing her like everyone else who resists against the Viltrum Empire, he instead crushes part of her neck, paralyzing her from the neck down and leaving her completely unable to do ''anything'' as Mark and his father continue their plans on conquering Earth for the empire.

* CruelMercy: What Mark basically does to her. Rather than killing her like everyone else who resists against the Viltrum Empire, he instead crushes part of her neck, paralyzing her from the neck down and leaving her completely unable to do ''anything''.

* GenreSavvy: He immediately recognizes Mark as a DimensionTraveler and tries to preemptively make clear who's the hero (him) and who's the villain (Professor Octopus) in the situation Mark just fell into to avoid a LetsYouAndHimFight situation.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mark meets Agent Spider when he is fighting his enemy Prof Ock and their conversation reveals that he's already familiar with TheMultiverse and recognizes that Invincible is a DimensionTraveller.

* GenreSavvy: He immediately recognizes Mark as a DimensionTraveller and tries to pre-emptively make clear who's the hero (him) and who's the villain (Professor Octopus) in the situation Mark just fell into to avoid a LetsYouAndHimFight situation.

* CastingGag: His voice actor, Creator/JoshKeaton, is well known for having voiced one of the most fondly remembered [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman iterations]] of Spider-Man. This is also hardly [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice the first time]] he's voiced a SpiderManSendup.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Mark meets Agent Spider when he is fighting his enemy Prof Ock and their conversation reveals that he's already familiar with TheMultiverse and recognises that Invincible is a DimensionTraveller.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In the comics, Mark [[IntercontinuityCrossover was sent to]] the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and an issue of ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'' had him work with Spider-Man. Since this couldn't happen for legal reasons, Agent Spider was created as a stand in for Spider-Man.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Mark points out to Agent Spider during their encounter that his red goggles don't do him any favours in making him look heroic.

* SpiderManSendUp: He's a spider themed hero who can wall crawl and swing on webs, and even has an octopus themed villain. Mark pointing out he has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and was fighting an old man also brings to mind Spidey's famous HeroWithBadPublicity status. Notably, his appearance is actually a direct substitute for the ''real'' Spider-Man's appearance in the original comic.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Due to her ability to spawn an endless number of clones, every major fight sees Dupli-Kate taking many more outright-lethal attacks than anyone else. She even complains that the Flaxans are killing her almost as fast as she can clone herself.

A superhero Mark encounters while tumbling through the multiverse, who has a [[Franchise/SpiderMan very familiar]] theme.

* BadLiar: He is not particularly good at pretending to be human, to put it mildly. So much so that he gets fired from NASA because they think he's gone insane, and even ''Rex'' knows that something is off with Shapesmith and openly questions where he's from.

* DecompositeCharacter: A very minor example. He's a Spider-Man {{expy}} who replaces the original character who appeared in the comics, but the scene where Invincible makes fun of Spider-Man's name is instead given to a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} man who dresses up as a bat]].

* MissingMom / DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: The Atom Eve special reveals that the Wilkins are not her real parents. Her biological mother Polly volunteered her pregnancy to the Pentagon's Department of Superhuman Research and died in childbirth due to her body being unable to handle Eve's superpowers. She was revived by Erickson to create more children like Eve but was little more than a braindead husk in that state and ultimately died again and for good when she was shot during a struggle between Erickson and Brandyworth. Eve's biological father is never even shown, leaving his identity and whereabouts a RiddleForTheAges.]]